Park · New York
Bobbie Lewis Jr. Playground
Bobbie Lewis Jr. Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mariners Harbor Houses Farm, a garden 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.63654, -74.16051
- 18.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 19.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 23.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 0.4 mi
- Joe Holzka Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Gary Lapelusa Landscaping LLC: 2.7 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 3.0 mi
- Healing Garden Perennial Beds: 3.0 mi
Parks
- The Big Park: 0.4 mi
- Graniteville Quarry Park: 0.9 mi
- Elm Park: 0.9 mi
- Joseph Manna Park: 1.1 mi
- Jennifer's Playground: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Mariner's Marsh Park: 0.7 mi
- Arlington Marsh Park: 0.9 mi
- Forest Grove: 1.0 mi
- Graniteville Swamp Park: 1.1 mi
- Ingram Woods: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
- Memorial to All Vietnam Veterans: 1.4 mi
- O'Neill Point: 2.2 mi
- Willowbrook Mile Memorial (Milestone 6): 2.4 mi
- Historic Stone Chimney: 2.8 mi
- Robert Richard Randall: 3.1 mi
Artworks
- Jim Looking Back at Rosaleen: 1.6 mi
- Rosaleen Looking at Jim: 1.6 mi
- Park Avenue Tulips: 1.7 mi
- Valley of the Sunrise: 2.5 mi
- Grace: 2.5 mi
Museums
- The Peter Houseman House: 1.9 mi
- The Scott-Edwards House: 2.0 mi
- Kreuzer-Pelton House: 2.6 mi
- Chinese Scholar’s Garden: 3.0 mi
- World Trade Center Educational Tribute: 3.1 mi
Attractions
- Carousel for All Children: 2.3 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 3.1 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 3.8 mi
- Jurassic Park: 3.9 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Todt Hill: 3.5 mi
- Emerson Hill: 4.0 mi
- Signal Hill: 4.0 mi
- Park Hill: 4.4 mi
- Fox Hills: 4.6 mi
Beaches
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 5.4 mi
- South Beach: 6.0 mi
- Midland Beach: 6.0 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 6.2 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Linden Airport mini-park: 4.7 mi
- Freedom Field: 6.8 mi
- The Park: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 9.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Fallkill Falls: 10.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 10.3 mi
- Hobble Falls: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Palisades: 9.6 mi
- Hawk Hill: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 11.7 mi
- Palisades: 14.9 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 15.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 14.7 mi
- North Tower: 18.9 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 7.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 7.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.6 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 8.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 12.3 mi
- Raritan Landing: 18.0 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 10.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Bobbie Lewis Jr. Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watnong Mountain | NW 310° | 295.7 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | N 355° | 230 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | WNW 297° | 229 m | 21.8 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | WNW 299° | 217 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Kemble | WNW 296° | 215 m | 20.9 mi |
| Blachleys Hill | WNW 292° | 204 m | 21.8 mi |
| Kinneys Hill | WNW 303° | 180 m | 20.3 mi |
| Stony Hill | NNW 340° | 179 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 3 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly48 obs
- common reed34 obs
- American sweetgum32 obs
- groundsel tree32 obs
- Canada Goose27 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel23 obs
- common mugwort23 obs
- green comet milkweed21 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/35579236
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